somewhat odd that here's president obama working with president morsi to get a truce, a peace truce with israel and hamas, okay? then the next thing we hear is he's giving himself, morsi that is, he's giving himself all these new powers and knocking down the judiciary which kind of, you know, smacks of authoritarianism. i thought the timing was very unfortunate, and i think a lot of people in the senate are going to make a big deal in the senate about it. >> clearly they don't have to make a big deal because morsi has already recognized he overstepped himself and is now pulling back. i don't know what the longer term will be, but it did show that he's a new power that has to be reckoned with in the israeli/arab dynamic in a way that as we're falling back, i mean, president obama has, unfortunately, lost credibility. morsi had already cut this deal for the cease-fire and he waited until secretary of state was there because no one wanted to embarrass the united states, but we weren't pivotal to it, so president obama has -- has an uphill climb ahead of him if he's going to get back in a position